Virtual body image exercises for people with obesity – results on eating behavior and body perception of the ViTraS pilot study

Table 5 BSQ and MAIA scores at t1 and t4 for total, VR, and non-VR group

	Total^a	VR^b	Non-VR^c	Mean difference [95% CI]^d	Unadjusted P-value	Effect size^e
	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	Mean difference [95% CI]^d	Unadjusted P-value	Effect size^e
BSQ
t1	50.1 ± 14.7	48.3 ± 13.0	51.6 ± 16.1	−3.9 [− 10.9; 3.1]	0.27	0.13
t4	48.7 ± 15.6	49.0 ± 15.6	48.5 ± 15.7	−1.6 [− 9.6; 6.4]	0.69	0.05
MAIA
Attention regulation
t1	2.7 ± 0.9	2.8 ± 0.8	2.5 ± 0.9	0.4 [− 0.1; 0.8]	0.10	0.21
t4	2.7 ± 0.9	2.8 ± 0.7	2.7 ± 0.9	0.3 [− 0.1; 0.7]	0.17	0.18
Body listening
t1	1.8 ± 0.8	1.8 ± 0.7	1.8 ± 0.9	0.1 [− 0.3; 0.5]	0.60	0.07
t4	1.9 ± 0.8	2.0 ± 0.8	1.8 ± 0.8	0.3 [− 0.1; 0.8]	0.14	0.21
Emotional awareness
t1	3.5 ± 1.0	3.5 ± 1.0	3.5 ± 1.0	0.1 [− 0.4; 0.6]	0.68	0.05
t4	3.5 ± 0.9	3.6 ± 0.9	3.5 ± 0.9	0.2 [− 0.3; 0.7]	0.37	0.12
Not distracting
t1	2.9 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 1.0	2.9 ± 0.8	−0.1 [− 0.6; 0.3]	0.57	0.07
t4	3.0 ± 0.8	2.9 ± 0.9	3.1 ± 0.7	−0.4 [− 0.9; 0.02]	0.06	0.27
Noticing
t1	3.3 ± 0.8	3.4 ± 0.8	3.3 ± 0.8	0.3 [− 0.02; 0.7]	0.07	0.21
t4	3.3 ± 0.8	3.3 ± 0.8	3.2 ± 0.8	0.3 [− 0.2; 0.7]	0.21	0.17
Not worrying
t1	3.1 ± 0.5	3.3 ± 0.3	2.9 ± 0.5	0.3 [0.1; 0.5]	0.01	0.33
t4	3.1 ± 0.4	3.1 ± 0.4	3.1 ± 0.4	−0.02 [− 0.2; 0.2]	0.83	0.03
Self-regulation
t1	2.4 ± 1.1	2.4 ± 1.1	2.4 ± 1.1	0.2 [− 0.4; 0.7]	0.56	0.07
t4	2.4 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 0.9	2.5 ± 1.1	−0.002 [− 0.6; 0.6]	0.99	0.001
Trusting
t1	2.9 ± 1.2	3.1 ± 1.2	2.8 ± 1.2	0.4 [− 0.2; 1.0]	0.19	0.17
t4	2.8 ± 1.2	3.0 ± 1.1	2.6 ± 1.3	0.5 [− 0.1; 1.2]	0.12	0.22

^aTotal sample size: BSQ → 66 (t1), 62 (t4); MAIA → 66 (t1), 61 (t4)
^bVR group sample size: BSQ → 31 (t1), 30 (t4); MAIA → 31 (t1), 30 (t4)
^cNon-VR group sample size: BSQ → 35 (t1), 32 (t4); MAIA → 35 (t1), 31 (t4)
^dResults are presented as unstandardized regression coefficients adjusted for gender, age, and baseline BMI
^eResults are presented as standardized regression coefficients

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